Ever since Apple and Google jointly announced a partnership to base the Siri voice assistant on Gemini tech, questions have been raised about user privacy. Apple has done its part to offer reassurance by insisting…
On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Chief Marketing Officer Kate Rouch complained on X after rival AI lab Anthropic released four commercials, two of which will run during the Super Bowl on Sunday, mocking…
New MacBooks are right around the corner, but if you don’t need the power or price of an M5 Max processor, the entry-level M5 is a fantastic option. And today it’s cheaper than ever: The…
Ravie LakshmananFeb 05, 2026Botnet / Network Security The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as AISURU/Kimwolf has been attributed to a record-setting attack that peaked at 31.4 Terabits per second (Tbps) and lasted only 35 seconds.…
A data breach at government technology giant Conduent appears to affect far more people than first disclosed, with the number of victims potentially stretching to dozens of millions of people across the United States. The…
Newsletter platform Substack has confirmed a data breach in an email to users. The company said that in October, an “unauthorized third party” accessed user data, including email addresses, phone numbers, and other unspecified “internal…
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld reports that the FBI was unable to extract data from a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone 13 due to Apple’s Lockdown Mode feature. Lockdown Mode, introduced…
Or Lenchner, the CEO of Bright Data, one of the world’s largest web-scraping firms, says that his company’s bots do not collect nonpublic information. Bright Data was previously sued by Meta and X for allegedly…
Ravie LakshmananFeb 05, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking News This week didn’t produce one big headline. It produced many small signals — the kind that quietly shape what attacks will look like next. Researchers tracked intrusions that…
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld traces Apple’s limited but memorable Super Bowl advertising history, from the iconic 1984 Macintosh commercial to recent Apple Music halftime show sponsorships. Apple’s legendary 1984 ad,…